Paddle with your Pooch

With their life jackets on Kelly Ortiz of Newburgh her dog Piper wait to get in a canoe at the Bluegrass Fish and Wildlife Area Saturday morning to take part in Paddle With Your Pooch & Canoe put sponsored Wesselman Nature Society.

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DANIEL R. PATMORE / SPECIAL TO EVANSVILLE COURIER & PRESS Bentley, one of 17 dogs to talk part in Paddle With Your Pooch & Canoe put on by Wesselman Nature Society at the Bluegrass Fish and Wildlife Area Saturday morning, waits to get out of the canoe after the event. Bentley is Autumn Roberts' of Evansville pooch.

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DANIEL R. PATMORE / SPECIAL TO EVANSVILLE COURIER & PRESS Wesselman Nature Society volunteer Tim Jochim of Evansville shows how to work the paddle to the approximately 20 people and their pooches at the Bluegrass Fish and Wildlife Area Saturday morning as part of Paddle With Your Pooch & Canoe program put on by Wesselman Nature Society.

DANIEL R. PATMORE / SPECIAL TO EVANSVILLE COURIER & PRESS Canoers returning for paddling around the lake at the Bluegrass Fish and Wildlife Area Saturday morning as part of Paddle With Your Pooch & Canoe put on by Wesselman Nature Society.

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Peg Ray of Evansville paddles herself and T-Bird her dog out in the lake at the Bluegrass Fish and Wildlife Area Saturday morning as part of Paddle With Your Pooch & Canoe put on by Wesselman Nature Society. Ray is a volunteer with Wesselman Nature Society helping with "Paddle With Your Pooch & Canoe.

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DANIEL R. PATMORE / SPECIAL TO EVANSVILLE COURIER & PRESS Lauren Preske takes a picture with her phone as Andy Norvell of Evansville paddles Lauren and their dog Timber out in the lake at the Bluegrass Fish and Wildlife Area Saturday morning as part of Paddle With Your Pooch & Canoe sponsored by Wesselman Nature Society. 20 people and 17 dogs took part in the event Saturday.

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DANIEL R. PATMORE / SPECIAL TO EVANSVILLE COURIER & PRESS Wesselman Nature Society volunteer Tim Jochim of Evansville talks about safety for you and your dog to the approximately 20 people and their pooches before the start of the Paddle With Your Pooch & Canoe program sponsored by Wesselman Nature Society Saturday morning at the Bluegrass Fish and Wildlife Area.